Floating Foundations Specialist

 

RWE Offshore Wind Services, LLC 

 

 

"Ideal location is California but other locations across the United States will also be considered."

 

General

As a company, RWE is well placed for the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) market, with ambitious growth targets to achieve 1GW floating either in construction or in operation by 2030 as part of the Growing Green roadmap towards carbon neutral by 2040. The delivery of RWE’s future FOW pipeline across the different regions, would depend on achieving economies of scale for the production and manufacturing of the floating structures. On such basis, RWE has set up a central department for Floating Engineering and Industrialization (FE&I) in the Offshore Engineering global function. The FE&I department supports the delivery of RWE floating projects and includes the assessment of the floating foundation site suitability as well as the Industrialization to facilitate decisions on project-region basis as well as down selection in general.

At present FOW has a broader technology landscape if compared to bottom fix, where in general, structures have reached a mature stage and selection is comparably narrow. As technology progress at high speed and learnings from projects can influence each other positively, Engineering effort is focused on the step change towards industrialization for delivery. The lack of a dedicated supply chain in some cases, would lead projects to balance between local requirements and the economies of scale, engage with industrial players, as well as local  authorities to secure development and availability of infrastructure. RWE FOW Engineering & Industrialization Department is shaped with the perspective of a highly experienced interdisciplinary competence center to achieve the necessary holistic perspective for delivery of commercial scale floating wind. This also includes the need for a strategic perspective on the cost-down journey for FOW.

 

Key responsibilities

 

• Define, in collaboration with other Technical Areas, floating foundations in early phase projects such as type of foundations to be considered, suitability assessment and supply chain assessment.
• Manage and support mooring and floating foundation design studies covering all the design phases from preliminary conceptual design to detailed design.
• Support on providing inputs for Risk Assessment for floating foundations.
• Prepare and manage design inputs required for foundation design studies.
• Manage design interfaces with other technical packages (WTG, Electrical, T&I, etc.)
• Support the site investigation team in understanding of type of anchors that could be required.
• Prepare, in collaboration with Energy Assessment team, required inputs for mooring and floating foundation design and documentation for layout optimization work.
• Support on preparation of required foundation inputs and documentation for tenders and bids.
• Prepare and define technical inputs for floater & mooring CAPEX estimates, in collaboration with the Procurement team for financial modelling.
• Prepare and define technical inputs for floater & mooring OPEX estimates in collaboration with Procurement and O&M teams for financial modelling.
• Participate to due diligence for M&A projects, providing additional technical support as required.
• Support on preparation of documents for the floater & mooring RFP processes in collaboration with Procurement.
• Preparation of tender documents, technical evaluation of offers received and similar.
• Support the Head of Floating for management of design, certification, fabrication, and commissioning of floating foundations and mooring related items in accordance with in-house engineering, Q&A, and HSSE procedures.
• Identify and propose potential cost reduction measures to ensure competitiveness and actively look for alternatives, including innovation, to reduce the costs.
• Support the management of R&D projects related to mooring and floating foundations by providing technical inputs and assessing the outcomes.
• Build up and keep up to date technical databases at corporate level.

Your Profile:

• Master Degree or relevant equivalent in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Naval Architecture, or related subject (such as Aeronautics, Industrial, Electromechanical or comparable fields)
• 5+ years of industry experience in relevant field, particularly on floating foundations, or similar industry.
• Experience dealing with offshore floating foundations and/or mooring, design and fabrication.
• Track record in performing offshore floating technical due diligence, assessing technology maturity, design risks and mitigation measures.
• Knowledge of floater & moorin